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If a parameter isn't used, what should I pass? - The Old New Thing (devblogs.microsoft.com)

submitted 8 months ago by SmartmanApps@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The answer, as with everything in software development, is that it depends.

A god method with 100 optional params that is usually bad practice. But a common pattern is to allow for an options object to be passed, and that object may contain 0-n supported parameters. This pattern is used everywhere, see graphql as a widely used library that is based on this.

[–] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Totes this. I've refactored far too many of these things in my day so I just about always reach for an options object if there's the slightest uncertainty about adding more params in the future.